CA1291144C - Process for the preparation of a substituted succinic anhydride - Google Patents

Process for the preparation of a substituted succinic anhydride

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CA1291144C
CA1291144C CA 581285 CA581285A CA1291144C CA 1291144 C CA1291144 C CA 1291144C CA 581285 CA581285 CA 581285 CA 581285 A CA581285 A CA 581285A CA 1291144 C CA1291144 C CA 1291144C
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Charles Lee Edwards
Herbert Elliot Fried
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Abstract

A B S T R A C T

PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF
A SUBSTITUTED SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE

Olefinically unsaturated compounds are reacted with maleic anhydride to form the corresponding succinic anhydride in the presence of an alkoxide of zinc or dialkyl zinc which prevents side-reactions. These products are used for the preparation of anticorrosive agents.

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- 1 - 632g3-3016 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF
A SU~STITUTED SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE
This inven-tion relates to a process for the preparation of a substituted succinic anhydride by reacting an olefinically unsaturated compound with maleic anhydride in the presence of a catalytic amount of an additive which inhibits side-reactions.
Reactions of olefinically unsaturated compounds with maleic anhydride at elevated temperatures give the corresponding adducts in accordance with the following equation:
10R-CH=CH-CH2-R' + R-fH-CH=CH-R' HC=CH CH-CH2 O=C C=O O=C C=O
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O O
(R and R' represent independently hydrogen atoms or optionally substituted hydrocarbyl groups). However, reactions of this type require very long reaction times even at elevated temperatures.
In addition, under conventional temperature conditions (200-300C), darkening of the product and formation of black solids are typically observed. These problems are believed to arise from secondary reactions involving maleic anhydride for example, poly-merization and decarboxylation. Thus, stabilization of maleic anhydride for these secondary reactions and accel.eration of the addition reaction is desirable.
It is known that the reaction of the olefinically un-saturated hydrocarbons with maleic anhydride can be carried out in the presence of a catalytically efEective amount of an additive ~ .

?A~ 3L~ 4 - la - 63293-3016 in order to accelerate the reac-tion. For example, in conventional processes, -the reaction times are reduced to a satisfactory lev~l by carrying out the addition reactions in the presence of small amounts of substances such as furan derivatives (US-4,388,471), iodine (GB-1,356,882), bromine (GB-1,480,453), an ~-bromodialkyl-.~
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keton~ (US-3,953,475 and US-3,954,812), hydrogen chloride or calcium bromide (US-3,935,249), a hydantoin derivative (US-3,927,041), p-toluenesulfonic acid (US-3,855,251), a nickel salt (GB-2,081,274) or a bromophenol (US-4,278,604) In these processes, however, the degree of conversion of the olefin is frequently low. In addition, where halogen compounds are used, extra precautions have to be taken due to the toxicity of the reaction mixture. Many of these conventional processes also have the disadvantages of product discoloration and formation of solids during the reaction which contaminate the kettle walls or, in more adverse cases, the reaction product. An even more disadvantageous feature is the formation of resin-like residues which render the product useless if it cannot be purified by distillation or filtration.
It is known to use certain metals or organometallic compounds to prevent these side-reactions. Thus it has been proposed in US-4,396,774 to use an alkyl aluminium halide. However, these halogenated compounds necessitate the presence of halogenated solvents, and may pose environmental problems. It is proposed in US-4,599,433 to carry out the above adduction reaction in the presence of an alkoxide of titanium, zirconium, vanadium or aluminium. Titanium (IV) n-butoxide is the only alkoxide exemplified and is rather expensive.
It is the aim of the present invention to provide a process for the preparation of substituted succinic anhydrides which can be carried out using a side-reaction-inhibiting additive which does not contain halogen atoms and is inexpensive, and which process does not necessitate the use of a solvent, so that discolouration and resin-like residue formation is avoided.
It has now been found that this ob;ective is met by using small amounts of alkoxides of zinc or~dialkyl zinc as the additive, which reduce the formation of black solids and improve product color for`the reaction o~ maleic anhydride and olefinically unsaturated compounds to produce substituted succinic anhydrides.
The presence of these additives permits the reaction to be conducted at higher tsmperatures which decreases residence times and allows complete conswnption of maleic anhydride to avoid plugging or recycle.
Accordingly, the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a substituted succinic anhydride by reacting an olefinically unsaturated compound with maleic anhydride in the presence of a catalytic amount of an additive which inhibits side-reactions, characterized in that an alkoxide of ~inc or dialkyl zinc is present as the additive.
Suitable olefinically unsaturated compounds for the process of the invention are all compounds which possess terminal double bonds or double bonds within a chain and have a molecular weight in the range of from about lO0 to about 3000, and mixtures of these compounds. Though hydrocarbons are preferred compounds with functional groups, e.g. acrylate esters, are suitable too.
The term "olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbons" as used herein, refers to monomeric, oligomeric and polymeric C7-C200 alkenes whose chains may or may not be branched. The olefinic unsaturated hydrocarbons which can be subjected to the addition reaction include, for example, tetradecene-l, oct-l-ene, 2,4,4-trimethylpent-2-ene, 2-methyl-5-propylhex-l-ene, 3-cyclo-hexyl-bute-l-ene and the oligomers of C2-C20 olefins, for example the oligomers of ethylene, propylene, but-l-ene, isobutene, hex-l-ene, oct-l-ene, and the like, and the polyisobutenes where the molecular weight is from about 350 to about 3000, and diisobutene. Preferred olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbons are Cl4-C20 linear internal or branched olefins and alpha olefins.
In the reaction of the olefinically unsaturated compounds with maleic anhydride, the molar ratio of maleic anhydride to olefin, i.e., the proportions of substances based on the number of moles of components, is typically from 0.4:l to 5.0:l, preferably from 0.65:l to l.2:l, in particular from 0.8:l to l:l. A process in which equal molar amounts of olefinic compound and maleic anhydride can be used is particularly preferred.
To avoid side reactions during the addition reaction of maleic anhydride, the reaction is carried out in the presence of from 1 to 5000, preferably from 5 to 1000, ppm by weight, based on the weight of the reactants, of zinc alkoxide or dialkyl zinc additive. The principle side reactions are believed to be the formation of poly(maleic anhydride), which is obtained as solid residue, or poly(maleic anhydride) with an olefinic component from free r~dical copolymerization of the olefin and the maleic anhydride. The addition reaction with formation of the corresponding succinic anhydrides takes place at from 160C to 260C, preferably from 230C to 245C. The reaction is preferably carried ou~ in an agitated reactor either in the presence or in ths absence of a solvent, although no solvent is typically required. The reaction times are typically from 1 hour to 20 hours, preferably from 4 hours to 10 hours and especially from 3.5 hours to 5 hours. In a preferred embodiment, the reaction is carried out in an essentially oxygen-free atmosphere in an autoclave in the presence of an inert gas. A nitrogen or argon atmosphere is preferably used as the inert atmosphere. When the reaction is complete, the autoclave is left to cool and the reaction mass is preferably worked up by distillation. As far as possible, the reactants should be anhydrous.
In the present process the additives used are compounds of zinc having the formula:
A-(O)n-Zn-(o)n-A' where A and A' each individually represent an alkyl group suitably from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 10 carbon atGms and more preferably from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is 0 or 1. The values of both integers "n" need not be equal. Particularly suitable alkoxides of zinc include diethoxy zinc, di-n-butoxy zinc, d$isopropoxy zinc, dimethoxy zinc, dihexadecyloxy zinc, dioctyloxy zinc, didodecyloxy zinc and the like. The stated alkoxides are in the solid state and are used in this form in the addition reaction.
The alkoxides of æinc utilized in the present process are typically prepared by reacting a dialkyl zinc such as diethyl zinc with the corresponding primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol. Dial~yl zinc compounds particularly suitable as additives in the instant invention include compounds having from Cl to C20 carbon atoms on each alkyl ~oiety such as, for example, dimethyl zinc, diethyl zinc, dibutyl zinc, diisopropyl zinc and the like, One advantage obtained when the invention is used in the absence of solvents is the fact that no toxic e.g.
halogen-containing products are formed. In addition, the use of small amounts of alkoxides of zinc dramatically reduces sludge-make and improves the product colour.
The resulting products having molecular wsights in the range oi from about 200 to about 350 are used for the preparation of anticorrosive agents for aqueous or organic systems. The resulting olefinic-succinic anhydrides having molecular weights in the range of from about 250 to about 3000 can be converted in simple manner to compounds which are suitable as oil additives such as for example, lubricant additives.
The instant invention will now be described by the use of the following examples. The results are presented in the Table.
Example l 37.0 Grams of tetradecene-l having a molecular weight of 196 and 18.0 grams of maleic anhydride (a maleic anhydride to olefin ratio of l:l) were reacted in a Fischer-Porter bottle in the presence of 0.02 grams of diethoxy zinc while being stirred with a magnetic stirrer. The reaction mixture was then heated to 245C
for 4 hours.
Example 2 The procedure of Example l was repeated except that di-n-butoxy zinc was used in place of diethoxy zinc as additive.
Example 3 37.0 Grams of a Cl5-C20 internal olefin mixture having an average molecular weight of 239 was sparged with nitrogen for about 16 hours and then reacted with 12.1 grams of maleic arhydride (a maleic anhydride to olefin ratio of 0.8:1) in a Fischer-Porter bottle in the presence of 0.02 grams of di-n-butoxy zinc while ~91~
being stirred with a magnetic stirrer The reaction mixture was then heated to 230C for 20 hours.
Comparative Example A
The procedure of Example l was repeated except that no additive was used.
Comparative Example B
The procedure of Example 3 was repeated except that no additiv0 was used.

TABLE

Reaction Tempera- Olefin Substituted Klett Example time (hr) ture (C) (%w) ) Anhydride (%w)a) colour 1 4 245 alpha (23.l) 76.9 202 2 4 245 alpha (24) 76 268 3 20 230 internal (25.5) 74.5 248 A 4 245 alpha (26.5) 73.4 56ob) B 20 230 internal (38) 62.0 286 ) a) Determined by gas liquid chromatography. The value for substituted anhydride includes both the ':l and the 2:l maleic anhydride/olefin adducts (the latter comprising less than 6~).
b) Significant amounts of black solids observed.
As can be seen from the Table, the presence of alkoxides of zinc as additives in the reaction of olefins and maleic anhydride results in a product having reduced formation of side reactions of soluble and/or insoluble cGntaminants. In addition, as evidenced by these examples, the use of these additives results in reduction of soluble by-products and improved product colour.

Claims (9)

1. Process for the preparation of a substituted succinic anhydride by reacting an olefinically unsaturated compound with maleic anhydride in the presence of a catalytic amount of an additive which inhibits side-reactions, characterized in that an alkoxide of zinc or dialkyl zinc is present as the additive.
2. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the additive has the formula:
A-(0)n-Zn-(0)n-A' wherein A and A' each individually represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and each n independently is 0 or 1.
3. A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein A and A' each individually represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and n - 1.
4. A process as claimed in claim 3 wherein the additive is selected from the group consisting of diethoxy zinc, di-n-butoxy zinc, diisopropoxy zinc, dimethoxy zinc, and dioctyloxy zinc.
5. A process as claimed in claim 4 wherein the additive is diethoxy zinc or di-n-butoxy zinc.
6. A process as claimed in any one of claims 1-5 wherein the amount of additive is in the range of 1 to 5000 ppm by weight, based on total weight of reactants.
7. A process as claimed in claim 6 wherein the amount of additive is in the range of 5 to 1000 ppm by weight based on total weight of reactants.
8. A process as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 7 wherein an alkenyl substituted succinic anhydride is prepared by reacting a C7-200 olefin with maleic anhydride.
9. A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein the olefin is a C14-C20 linear or branched internal or alpha-olefin, or a mixture thereof.
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